Label-pasting machine.



A. A. BEDARD.

L ABEL PASTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB-18.19I8.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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- ALEXANDER A. BEDAED, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

LABEL-PASTING, MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER A. BEDARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Label-Pasting Machines,of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to label pasting, and more especially to aflixingmachines which employ a roller; and the object of the same is tosimplify the construction of a machine of this character and reduce itto the form of a hand stamp so that labels whether gummed or not may beapplied rapidly and effectively to the surface to which they are to beafiixed.

This and other objects are carried out by constructing the machine asdescribed below and as shown in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is afront elevation-partly broken away, showing this machine ready for use,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing this machine in full lines as readyfor use, and with the roller in dotted lines as swung-aside,

Fig. 3 is a cross section on about the line 3 3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing the device in the act of applying alabel.

The labels 1 are mounted in a magazine 2 whose lower end is openexcepting inturned lips 3 which support the lowermost label until it isdrawn out of the magazine. Upon the uppermost label rests a follower 4whose stem 5 rises into the bore of a tubular handle 6, and issurrounded by an internal spring 7, and the handle has a head 8 at itslower end bearing upon said follower. Also said handle has a knob 9 atits upper end to be grasped by the hand of the operator.

Just beneath the knob the handle carries an inverted U-shaped frame 10whose legs carry rivets or pins '11 moving in upright slots 12 in thesides of a base 13 within which the magazine 2 is disposed as seen inFig. 4. This base by preference has outstanding feet 14 at its lowerend, andits front may be closed by a wall 15 shown partly broken away inFig. 1.

Pivoted at 16 within the base are two rocker arms 17 each having a camslot 18 at its upper end crossing the upright slot 12 and of such shapeand in such position with reference to its pivot as to receive the pin11 of the frame 10. These arms move outside of guide feet carried at theextremi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919 Application filed February 18, 1918.. Serial N 0.217,894.

ties of the top plate of the magazine. as seen in Fig. 4. To the lowerends ofthe rocker arms at points 19 are pivotally attached side arms 20,held normally raised at their free ends by springs 21, and these freeends carry a trough 26 in whose ends are bearings 22 for trunnions 24 ofa roller 23 which by the springs 21 is borne normally upward and intocontactwi'th a sponge 25 which is held bythe base 13 immediately abovethe normal position of the rolleras seen in Fig. 2. If the labels 1 arestamps or other articles already provided with gum, moisture imparted tothe roller is carried by the latter across the gum on the stamp and nofurther adhesive is necessary; but if the labels do "not contain gum,the roller receptacle 26 must. If the gum is dense or heavy, it may bedesirable to wet the sponge so that its moisture will be carried by theroller around to the gum to moisten or soften it, and then the swingingmovement of the roller applies it to thelower face of the lowermostlabel. The usual spring 30 surrounds the handle 6 above the'top plate 31of the base 13, and

causes the rise of the knob and magazine after they have been depressedby a blow on the knob. Downward movement of the frame 10 causes therocker arms 17 to swing aside into the position shown in dotted lines inFig. 2, and this applies moisture to the lower face 'of the lowermostlabel. The head 8 bears on the stack of labels and the lowermost labelis driven .downward and onto the paper to which it is to be applied.

Then when pressure on the knob is removed and the main spring 30 causesthe parts to resume the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the guminedlabel is left sticking to the paper, the magazine and its stack oflabels rise, and the roller moves across the lower face of the nowlowermost label to apply gum or adhesive thereto if the trough 26contains adhesive, or moisture thereto if there is no adhesive in thetrough. In other words, the machine is now ready for subsequent usewhenever such use is desired.

What is claimed as new is 1. In a machine for pasting labels, thecombination with a magazine, a follower therein having an upstandingstem, an expansive spring surrounding the stem, a tubular handlecontaining the spring and stem and having a head bearing on saidfollower, and a knob on said handle; of a base within which the magazineis mounted, the base having a top plate through which said handlepasses, a frame of inverted U-shape slidably mounted on the base andconnected with said tubular handle near its upper end, an expansivespring between the top of the frame and the top plate of the base,moistening mechanism, and means for moving it across the bottom of themagazineby the depression of said frame.

2. Ina machine for pasting labels, the combination with a magazine, afollower therein having an upstanding stem, an expansion springsurrounding the stem, a tubular handle containing the spring and stemand having a head bearing on said follower, and a knob on said handle;of a base within which the magazine is mounted, the base having a topplate through which said handle passes, a frame of inverted U-shapeslida'bly mounted on the base, its top bar being connected with saidhandle and stand ingab'ove the top plate of the base, an eX-- panslonspring between said bar and plate, a pin-and-sl o-t connection betweenits sides and the sides of the base, mechanism for moisteningthe lowerlabel in the magazine, and means for actuating said mechanism by theinitial descent of. the frame.

3. In a label pasting machine, the combination with a magazine, a baseand frame telescopically connected, and mechanism for moving thesemembers one on the other and ejecting the labels singly from saidmagazine; of a swinging support pivoted in said base and moved by thedepression of said frame, roller supporting arms pivoted to saidsupport, a trough carried by the arms, a roller journaled in the ends ofthe trough,

means for raising said roller normally into contact with the lowermostlabel in said magazine as the support is swung aside, and a spongecarried by the base for applying moisture to the roller and from it tothe gum.

a. In a label pasting machine, thecombination with a magazine, a baseand frame telescopically connected, and mechanism for moving thesemembers one on the other and ejecting the labels singly from saidmagazine; of a swinging roller-support mounted within the base andactuated by the frame to pass the roller across the lower face of thelowermost label, a trough onthe support beneath the roller, andmoistening means on the base above the normal positlon of the roller,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER A. BEDARD. l/Vitnesses: 7

HARRY B. KING,

. WM. A. SNYDER.

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Washington, D. 0,? V

